Sonia Todd
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Sonia Todd is an Australian actress.
She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art
and starred in Strictly Ballroom
, directed by Baz Luhrmann
. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film Shine
directed by Scott Hicks
, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush
plays Flight of the Bumblebee
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
to an understandably stunned audience.
Todd is married to Rhett Walton
and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000).
Todd became known from the role of Georgia Rattray in the television series Police Rescue
, for which she won an AFI Award
. She also won the AFI Award for best actress for her role in the four-part mini-series The Potato Factory
(2000).
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played "Meg Fountain" in McLeod's Daughters
.
Todd held a recurring role in All Saints
from late 2007 to early 2008; she portrayed psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy. She also appeared in All Saints previously, playing the part of Kate Larson
In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network
drama series Home and Away
on a regular role as Gina Austin, the mother of Hugo, Xavier and Brendan.
She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
and starred in Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
, directed by Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film Shine
Shine (film)
Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris...
directed by Scott Hicks
Scott Hicks
Robert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
plays Flight of the Bumblebee
Flight of the Bumblebee
"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to...
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César...
to an understandably stunned audience.
Todd is married to Rhett Walton
Rhett Walton
Rhett Walton is an Australian actor who has appeared in the soap opera Families and Paradise Beach. He is a National Institute of Dramatic Arts graduate, from the class of 1985, where he studied alongside his future wife, Sonia Todd...
and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000).
Todd became known from the role of Georgia Rattray in the television series Police Rescue
Police Rescue
Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC....
, for which she won an AFI Award
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
. She also won the AFI Award for best actress for her role in the four-part mini-series The Potato Factory
The Potato Factory
The Potato Factory is a 1995 historical-novel by Bryce Courtenay, which was made into an Australian miniseries in 2000. The book is the first in a three-part series, followed by Tommo & Hawk and Solomon's Song...
(2000).
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played "Meg Fountain" in McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm...
.
Todd held a recurring role in All Saints
All Saints (TV series)
All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...
from late 2007 to early 2008; she portrayed psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy. She also appeared in All Saints previously, playing the part of Kate Larson
In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
drama series Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
on a regular role as Gina Austin, the mother of Hugo, Xavier and Brendan.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
Sgt. Georgia Rattray | |
| 1996 | Natural Justice: Heat | Jennifer Harivald | |
| 1996 | Shine Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris... |
Sylvia |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-1996 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
Sgt. Georgia Rattray | 58 episodes |
| 1990 | Come in Spinner Come In Spinner Come In Spinner is an Australian novel by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James, originally published in 1951, and set in Sydney, Australia at the end of the second World War.The title refers to a phrase used in the Australian gambling game of two-up.... |
Helen McFarland | TV movie |
| 1991 | Jane Anderson | Episode: "Motherly Love: Part 1" Episode: "Motherly Love: Part 2" |
|
| 1992 | Mother and Son Mother and Son Mother and Son is a Logie Award-winning Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris... |
Policewoman | Episode: "The Big Sleep" |
| 1994 | G.P. | Judy Walsh | Episode: "Out" |
| 1995 | Natural Justice | Jennifer Harivald | TV series |
| 1997 | Halifax f.p: Someone You Know | Helen Hunt | TV movie |
| 1997 | Reprisal | Susan | TV movie |
| 1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies | Karla | TV miniseries |
| 1997 | Good Guys Bad Guys Good Guys Bad Guys Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne.... |
Wendy Johnson | Episode: "Storm Warning" |
| 1997 | Return to Jupiter Return to Jupiter Return to Jupiter was an Australian television series, a 13-part follow-up to Escape from Jupiter, It aired in Australia from 23 March 1997 to 15 June 1997.-Plot:... |
Cmdr Edwina Dent | Episode: "Rescue" |
| 1997 | Mirror, Mirror II | Caroline McFarlane | TV series |
| 1998 | Water Rats Water Rats (TV series) Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney... |
Det. Sergeant Louise Bradshaw | 13 episodes |
| 1999 | Wildside | Dr. Alexa Grant | Episode: "2.20" |
| 2000 | Marriage Acts | Jean McKinnon | TV movie |
| 2000 | Hannah Solomon | TV miniseries | |
| 2001 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Kate Larson | 7 episodes |
| 2001-2007 | McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm... |
Meg Fountain | 106 episodes |
| 2007-2008 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Dr. Elizabeth Foy | 7 episodes |
| 2009 | McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm... |
Meg Fountain | Episode: "The Long Paddock" |
| 2009-present | Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television... |
Gina Austin | 202 episodes |
| 2010 | Rake Rake (TV series) Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive barrister, a rake... |
Jane | Episode: "R vs Langhorn" |